NEW YORK – American International Group Inc.’s annual shareholder meeting ended with little drama Tuesday after a handful of shareholders voiced disappointment over the embattled insurer’s near-collapse last fall.

The meeting at the company’s headquarters was relatively calm, and there was little outrage over the insurance giant’s recent woes, in contrast to shareholder meetings this year for other financial firms that have relied on government support, such as Bank of America Corp. The meeting was also short, lasting less than an hour, well under Citigroup’s six-hour gathering and four hours at Bank of America.

AIG shareholders have nearly been wiped out since the government provided the company with a lifeline last September at the height of the financial crisis. AIG was done in by underwriting risky financial derivative contracts, not its traditional insurance operations.

The government, which ultimately gave AIG a $182.5 billion bailout, now has an 80 percent stake in the insurer.

Russell Ryan, a 76-year-old retiree from Brooklyn, N.Y., purchased about 2,500 shares of AIG two years ago when the price was about $80. The shares fell 20 cents, or 15 percent to $1.13 in morning trading Tuesday. Ryan’s investment is part of his personal retirement account, but he estimates he and his wife have lost $160,000 as the company’s stock plummeted.

“I bought it,” Ryan said, “and down the drain it went.”

CEO Edward Liddy began the meeting by reviewing AIG’s plans to repay the loans it received from the government to help it remain in business.

Despite its near-collapse last September, Liddy said the insurer is “more stable than before.”

AIG is in the process of restructuring its business, shedding assets and cutting costs as part of a plan to repay the govrnment.